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No. 884,479i

APPLICATION FILED MAB-231907.

W/TNESSES nere.,

ki-niari'ii GALLAND, orNEW YORK, Nfr.

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To itl whom it may concern.' y

Be it' known that l, BERTHA GALiJAND', a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough olf' Manhattan,

in vthe county and State of New York, have invented a new and Im rovedGarment, of Which the following .is a ull, clear, and exactdescription..

The inventiont relates to night-gowns, wrappers, kimonos and the like,and its object is to provide an expensive yoke, and a durable body ofordinary white goods, to permit of washing the body as ofteiias requiredinde endent oi' tlie yoke and without sub'ecting t eeX ensive yoke tothe ruinous was 'mg actionf tL e oke being only cleaned from time totime, t us insuring long life to the yoke and permitting its use with anumbe'r of bodies.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of`the same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and thenpointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

' Figure 1 is a front elevation oi the improvement, part oi the coveringflap being turnedup to show the attaching device for attaching the bodyto the yoke; Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section of the same, onthe line 2-2 of Fi 1; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a modiiied iorm ofthe body, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse section of ythe same andthe yoke to which thebody is attached by lacing.

The yoke A of the garment is preferabl madeof lace or other expensivemateriell while the body Bis oi' ordinary plain white goods and isremovably attached to the oke A. For the pur ose mentioned the yo re Ais provided at its ower end with a de ending band A', to which isremovably attac ed the upper end of the body B by use of suitablefastening devices such,for instance, as buttons C secured to the band Aand engaging button holes B on the u per end of the body B. A coveringiiap A2 aliso depends from the lower end of the yoke A, to cover up Athejoint between the upper end of the body 'B with the band A', as plainlyindicated to the left in Fi l. The covering flap A2 is pro vided Wit alacing band A3 adapted to be tied into a bowA* at the front o en end ofthe yoke A, to close the same, an( the body Specicationof LettersPatent. Application fixed rima '23, iso?. seiiai No. 364,079.

Patented April 14, 1908.

. L B is partly open at the front upper portion land is adapted to beclosed by buttons D -or `other fastenin devices. I

The lacing and A3 on the covering flap A2 may be used as part of thefastenin device for securing a body B3 (shown in Figs. 3 and Li) to theyoke A, the said body Bs bein for this purpose provided at its uplper eniitlo enings Bl to be en aged by t e lacing 'if 3 instead of'using t ebuttons C above i mentioned The body B3 referred to is also partly openat" the front upper portion and is I adapted to be closed by buttons D.Now by 'the arrangement described th body B is detachably secured to theoke A and its joint is completely covered covering flap A2, as beforementioned,

so that l garment as now used. It will also be noticed that byseparating the yoke A from .the body B the latter can be convenientlywas ed without subjecting the yoke A to the ruinous washing operation,the yoke A being cleansed from time to time in the usual inan` ner, sothat it is not injured, .and consequently one siiigle'yoke readilyoutlasts a number of bodies B, thus providing an economical garment forthe user.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent;

i, A night gown, Wrapper, kimono or like arment, comprising a yoke openat the front, the yoke being provided. at its lower' end with a flap,the said fla band for closing the front o the yoke, a body open at the uper portion of the frontend c osed at the ower portion thereof,closingnieans for closing the u front of the body, and removabl seclrin1 h bodyit ti e yo e t e said ap over ying t. e joint between thebodyand the yoke.

per portion df the afs tening means for 2. A night gown, wrapper, kimonoor like removably securing t upper end of the body to the said band, theyoke having a,

covering iiap at its lower edge overlying the by the the garment lookslike any other one-piece soA the vupper end'gof saidv l ,.106 garment,comprising a yoke having ajjbaiid. at its lower edge, a borlly,fastening means for iocsaid band and the up er end of the body and jVetween the same, the

of for covering the upper artof the body,

` the said flap being provide' at its up er portion with a lacing band,for closing t e open front of the yoke.

4. A night gown, wrapper, kimono or like garment, comprising a yoke, abody detaehably secured to said yoke, a covering flap dependin from thelower end of the yoke and over ying the joint between the body and theyoke, `the said flap being provided with a lacing band.

5. A night gown, wrapper, kimono or like grarment, com rising a yokeopen at the ont, a depen ing band at the lower end of .the yoke, a body,fastening means for re-v movably securin the upper end of the body tothe said bang, and a coverin flap" also depending from the lower end oft e yoke to eover the joint between the upper end of the body and thesaid'band, the upper artof said flap being provided with space openings,and a lacing band engaging said open in s to close the open front oftheyoke.

n testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthepresence of two subscribing witnesses'.

BERTHA GALLAN D.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. HosTER, JOHN P. DAVIS.

